2010 KOREAN GP: RED BULL SECURED FRONT ROW

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Korean GPSebastian Vettel and Mark Webber secured Red Bull its second successive front row and its eighth of the season during qualifying for the inaugural Korean Grand Prix on Saturday. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was just 0.181 off Vettel's time and lost out in the twisty final sector of the lap where the Red Bulls were peerless. However, Alonso and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who qualified fourth, were considerably faster in the first sector, suggesting they will be able to attack Vettel and Webber at the start. Hamilton finished 0.5 seconds down on Vettel overall, as both McLarens struggled to maintain tyre temperature and failed to match the expectations they set in practice. Team-mate Button was seventh, behind Nico Rosberg and Felipe Massa on the grid, and will be relying on a good start to get into contention. Crucial to the start will be the side of the grid the drivers are on. The left hand side, where 2nd place and all the even numbers start from, has hardly been used and is expected to offer very little grip as the drivers pull away.

Pos  Driver         Team                   Q1        Q2        Q3
1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault       1:37.123  1:36.074  1:35.585
2.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1:37.373  1:36.039  1:35.659
3.  Alonso         Ferrari                1:37.144  1:36.287  1:35.766
4.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1:37.113  1:36.197  1:36.062
5.  Rosberg        Mercedes               1:37.708  1:36.791  1:36.535
6.  Massa          Ferrari                1:37.515  1:36.169  1:36.571
7.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1:38.123  1:37.064  1:36.731
8.  Kubica         Renault                1:37.703  1:37.179  1:36.824
9.  Schumacher     Mercedes               1:37.980  1:37.077  1:36.950
10. Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1:38.257  1:37.511  1:36.998
11. Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth      1:38.115  1:37.620
12. Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:38.429  1:37.643
13. Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari         1:38.171  1:37.715
14. Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1:38.572  1:37.783
15. Petrov         Renault                1:38.174  1:37.799 *
16. Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:38.583  1:37.853
17. Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:38.621  1:38.594
18. Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes   1:38.955
19. Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth         1:40.521
20. Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1:40.748
21. Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth         1:41.768
22. di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth        1:42.325
23. Yamamoto       HRT-Cosworth           1:42.444
24. Senna          HRT-Cosworth           1:43.283

* Drops five places for Japan penalty